When he talked about the importance of liberty in modern Britain, Gordon Brown cited John Stuart Mill. But what would the original liberal make of today's politicans? Saturday November 17, 2007
The Guardian

Mill left no systematic legacy- there is no "Millism." But 200 years after his birth, his liberalism is still relevant. And Britain's greatest ever public intellectual was often surprisingly contrarian - Richard Reeves

2005: General election year - Should the state control private behaviour? It's the biggest argument of our times - think of smoking, gambling, hunting, smacking - but the divisions cut across party lines